Highlights
Participate in teleconferences, CAP PAP PTS and multi-level scope sessions and other educational opportunities provided to maintain microscopic skills and screening parameters. Essential Responsibilities: Examine cells microscopically and using professional judgment, detect cancer and other conditions on Pap smears and fluids from various body sites.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Portland, OR |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1945 |
| Website | http://www.kp.org/careers |
Description
Job Summary:
To perform screening tests which aid physicians in diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other disease. These tests are complex, require the use of professional judgement and are performed under the indirect supervision of a pathologist.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Examine cells microscopically and using professional judgment, detect cancer and other conditions on Pap smears and fluids from various body sites. Prepare written diagnostic reports and make recommendation for further evaluation or treatment. Meets minimum screening standard set for department.
- Perform QC procedures and document according to procedure.
- Review retrospective slide QCs as determined by Department Director. Correlate results with findings from pathology.
- Document screening time, in compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Participate in teleconferences, CAP PAP PTS and multi-level scope sessions and other educational opportunities provided to maintain microscopic skills and screening parameters.
- Perform duties for FNA adequacy assessment.
About Company
At Kaiser Permanente, we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence. Driven by our mission to provide the highest quality preventive medicine, we are committed to eliminating health care disparities, and to making lives better through innovation, technology, and research.
Our desire to deliver the best possible care inspires us to promote wellness among our members, communities, and each other. It also fuels our belief that everyone — regardless of circumstance — deserves access to affordable care, which further drives our motivation to expand our reach.
Founded nearly 80 years ago, our unique business model sets us apart — positioning us to drive improvements across the industry and around the world.